A Doody's Core Title for 2011! Patient Education is an essential aid for general practitioners and health, community and medical workers to educate their patients on common medical conditions. Unique in concept when it was first published in 1992, it is now one of the most popular patient education materials used by Australian GPs and has set the standard for patient education material in Australia. Written in simple, non-technical language, these practical information sheets can be given to patients by their GPs and health practitioners to help them understand and manage their medical conditions. Providing only essential information in a concise and user-friendly format, this book has proven to be an excellent educational tool for patients. Each condition is presented on one page so it can be easily photocopied and distributed to patients. The book covers a broad cross-section of ailments, ranging from bow legs and snoring, to issues such as COPD, hypertension and child immunisations. Now in its fifth edition, this highly practical medical title has been thoroughly updated and revised. It includes 51 new conditions, making this a comprehensive collection of over 300 conditions GPs treat across the lifespan. This includes both medical and topical social issues such breastfeeding postnatal depression meningococcal meningitis prostate problems osteoarthritis hypertension anxiety

John Murtagh's Patient Education

John Murtagh

North Ryde, N.S.W.: McGraw-Hill Australia

McGraw-Hill School Education Group

Irwin Professional Publishing

McGraw-Hill Professional

Oracle Press

United States, United States of America

5th ed, Maidenhead, 2008

Australian, US, 2008

Volume 5, 2008

tight margin

Previous edition: Patient education. 2004.
Includes index.

"...not only useful to patients, but obligatory baseline knowledge for medical students, family medicine trainees, and primary and community healthcare workers." - (Review of Second Edition) Dr. Adrian Bauman, Medical Journal of Australia.
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*Assists general practitioners and healthcare workers in providing practical information to their patients<br>
*Covers a broad cross-section of ailments typically seen in family practice<br>
*Designed as one-page handouts with the patient in mind</p>


<p>The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
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xiv, 314 pages : 28 cm
"Aid for GPs, health, community and medical workers to educate patients on common medical conditions."--Provided by publisher
Previous edition: Patient education. 2004
Includes index
Stages of human development. Marriage -- Pregnancy and prenatal care -- Children's health -- Adolescent health -- Women's health -- Men's health -- The elderly -- General healths. Prevention -- Infections -- Eye disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Common general problems

This is an essential aid for general practitioners and health, community and medical workers to educate their patients on common medical conditions. John Murtagh, Monash University, Victoria.

2023-06-28